redundant
adjective/rɪˈdʌndənt/
Frequency rank: #6,933 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
unnecessarily repetitive or exceeding what is needed.
Example sentence
The editor removed several redundant phrases to make the report clearer.
Synonyms & related words
More words in ranks 6,901–7,000
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